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Etihad Stadium

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

61,038

recorded capacity

1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Wembley Stadium, 90,000

Etihad Stadium in Manchester was a venue of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. It opened in 2002.

It is the 9th-largest of the 133 listed stadiums in the United Kingdom. The nearest listed stadium is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, 6.4 km away.

Listed for
Football
Tenants
Manchester City
Surface
Hybrid grass
Position
53.48° N, 2.20° W

Compare with another stadium

Where it stands in the United Kingdom

  1. Wembley Stadium28,962 more90,000
  2. 4 more listed stadiums
  3. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium1,812 more62,850
  4. London Stadium1,462 more62,500
  5. Anfield238 more61,276
  6. Etihad Stadium61,038
  7. Emirates Stadium334 fewer60,704
  8. Celtic Park627 fewer60,411
  9. Hill Dickinson Stadium8,269 fewer52,769
  10. 121 more listed stadiums

All 133 listed in the United Kingdom

From the record

Construction began
1999
Owner
Manchester City Council
Operator
Manchester City
Architect
Arup KSS Design Group Populous
Main contractors
Laing Construction Ltd., Laing O'Rourke
Recorded construction cost
£112 million
Record attendance
60,817 (2026)
Opening order in the United Kingdom
joint 109th of 133, earliest first
Share of listed capacity in the United Kingdom
1.8%
Latest renovation or expansion
2026, more recent than 60 of the other 60 listed stadiums in the United Kingdom with such a year
Compared with the median in the United Kingdom
3.1 times the median capacity of 19,700 across its 133 listed stadiums
Opened in the 2000s in the United Kingdom
19 of the 133 listed stadiums, this one included
Also opened in 2002 in the United Kingdom
King Power Stadium, MKM Stadium
Nearest larger listed stadium
Old Trafford, 6.4 km
Listed stadiums within 10 km
4

Chronology

  1. 2002 Commonwealth Games venue, Opened, Renovated
  2. 2003 Renovated
  3. 2014 Expanded
  4. 2015 Expanded
  5. 2023 Expanded
  6. 2026 Expanded

Nearest listed stadiums

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  1. Old Trafford Cricket Ground · south-west19,000 places, opened 18576.4 km
  2. Old Trafford · west74,158 places, opened 19106.4 km
  3. Boundary Park · north-east13,186 places, opened 19049.3 km
  4. Edgeley Park · south10,852 places, opened 18919.5 km
  5. CorpAcq Stadium · west11,404 places, opened 201211.7 km

Source: Wikipedia, Etihad Stadium.